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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2009
... General Motors Corp and Chrysler, and pushed out GM's CEO Rick Wagoner. Banking stocks were also sold off heavily after US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner failed to rule out in a weekend interview the possibility that some US banks may need more government ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... Taking advantage of the global disgust at the rapid erosion of wealth caused by 'inventive' financial engineers, Timmy (US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner) has unveiled a plan imposing tougher rules and regulations on 'too big to fail' or systemically ...

The light, the light

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... Now that you have seen the light, here's the oncoming train's headlights. Reports overnight revealed that yields on US Treasury 10-year notes increased to their highest levels in more than two weeks undoubtedly due to the massive amount of debt the US ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
... dipped into negative territory as bond yields rose following what analysts called a less-than-successful auction of US Treasury bonds, before a late recovery on the equity market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 89.6 points, or 1.17 per cent, to ...

We are the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... on these issues. If we did what he advises, we'll all be in a better place.' Malcolm, eat your heart out. This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner patting the back of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as he went a-visiting in the good old US ...

Treasure for trash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Here comes the meat! US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner finally served up the meat to his 10 February bail-out barbecue fizzler. And the market saw that it was good. Equity markets around the world rallied following the unveiling of the details ...

AIG subsidiaries to separate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
The record $A157 billion loss reported by AIG in the US and the resultant fourth rescue package from the US Treasury has resulted in the subsidiaries being quarantined into a special purpose vehicle, possibly in preparation for sale through an IPO. ...

The Ides of March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... Buffet but they already know - and you and I already know - that the US economy is in shambles. The US President, the US Treasury Secretary and the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve have all made statements alluding to this fact. Similar authorities ...

China could own America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... fail, shareholders cannot be allowed to experience substantial losses, mortgage borrowers should keep their homes. The US Treasury Department, along with other government financial regulators, announced that America stands ready to purchase more shares ...

No meat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... trying to impress people here Lisa. You don't win friends with salad.' Homer Simpson. Equity investors who came to US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's bank bail-out barbecue found Goober was serving only salad. They left taking their 'bring your own ...